Work Stress and Weekend Bliss

I had a tough meeting with an irrational parent (called by me, but completely necessary)

After that tough meeting, I had to rush to my union meeting so that I could jot minutes as the secretary. These meetings are SO long and very repetitive– thinking about stepping down next term

Both kids had a short flu. Thankfully it was short but the vomiting was still stressful, luckily hubby stayed home so I didn’t have to miss any work

I acquired my 24th student- and a handful more are scheduled to get assigned to me in the next 4-6 weeks. 23 is my legal limit and my director is likely to get me an assistant for probably an hour a day (just like last spring). I really need another half time teacher at my building, not an assistant for an hour a day– that is not helpful

I had to sub for an afternoon on Wednesday and then got called to sub Friday afternoon also. I HAD to say no. I would not get in the minimum hours for my afternoon groups seeing that I already missed a day. This left me feeling like total crap for most of the evening on Friday for being demanding.

Just. Too. Much. responsibility. I manage the calendar and have to schedule all of the meetings, and reschedule as needed. I also am expected to manage all of the assistants we have at our school. We have 6 who are assigned to specific students and I have to manage schedules and logistics when other kids need help. The 6 aren’t needing to be with their student ALL the time, so this allows them to have sporadic free time throughout the day. It’s like a constant juggling act and I feel like I’m in a circus most of the time. Most weeks aren’t bad but there was a lot that came up this week that I had to deal with — feeling all that I have no time to address the issues

Winter storm all day Thursday. Luckily the drive home wasn’t too bad. Unfortunately, we did lose power Thursday night and well into Friday. I had to get ready Friday morning in the dark and with no running water

To say I was ready for the weekend is a major understatement! It is Saturday night, and so far it’s been a fabulous low key weekend.

Last night we went to Sam’s Club and then out to dinner. I was able to get some cleaning done after we got home.

I slept well and woke up clear headed and so thankful for sobriety on Saturday morning. I chilled in bed with coffee and the hubs.

Scrolling through social media, I found a triathlon in Bay City that sounded super cool. It isn’t until September, so there is plenty of time to work up my stamina. It’s called a driathlon because instead of swimming, you canoe with your teammate. I told the hubz about it and he said, “SURE, sign us up.” BOY oh boy that totally made my day! I’ve always wanted to do a triathlon, I am so excited! I signed us up and named our team Chunky Monkees. It’s 5K canoeing, 20K bike ride and then a 5K race. Now I HAVE to keep up on my workouts and strength train.

I’m even more excited to get a new bike for my birthday now! And I bit the bullet and bought a Garmin today (for my big XMAS present that I never got)– which I’ve been looking at forever and am SO excited for it to come on Monday. HELLO morning workouts!

That was my fabulous morning. After all that, I got to work in my bedroom. I cleaned and organized everything. All of the shelves littered with jewelry, odds and ends, my books obnoxiously all over the place and my dresser with a mountain of clothes, boxes, and other stuff on top of it. I dusted and organized, swept and steamed the floors. I put out my alarm clock that has a natural light that makes me think its light outside when the alarm goes off at 4:50 am. I’m going to start using that instead of my phone and consciously unplug every night. I think it will do me some good not to check new work emails when I randomly wake up throughout the night. I also made room on my nightstand which was piled with a tower of half read books. I have 1 book on it now and plenty of room leftover. Lastly, I washed all my bedding. I can’t wait to go to sleep tonight in my room which is a comforting sanctuary instead of a raging pigsty!

The bedroom project consumed most of the day. Other than that I dropped the dog off at daycare for a few hours and went grocery shopping.

Now it’s already after 9:30 and I’m ready to relax with a movie or book in bed. I am looking forward to another weekend day of getting stuff done. Hoping to find time for a hike and/or bike ride. I wasn’t able to get outside at all today– but it was worth it.

Oh, and I haven’t been thinking much about it– but I am on Day 10 today. As the days come and are crazy as ever, I rarely think about drinking and haven’t had an urge since last weekend. However, I know that I DO have to keep up on recovery stuff– but don’t mind it when good things in life get in the way once in awhile 😉

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